Bed stay



Dec. 16, 1930. J H DE BQER 1,785,075

BED STAY Filed Feb. 20, 1929 V Q fiTTUR/VEYS Patented Dec. 16, 1930 ,jUNl'lE D l PATENT OFFICE l DEEPER, SYRACUSE; New was: r.

BED STAY Application filed February 20,1929. Serial Roi-341,409.

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The mainobjectof the presentinvention is to :provide asimple and comparatively inex- 2 pensive bed stay which may: be more easily and quickly adjusted and-which is more efii- 20 ancient inits operation; than hasf eret r been practised. i 7 V v c :One io'f'the specific objects is' to enable all "four-joints between the posts and rails to be uniformly tightened bya'siIIgIeoperatiOn.

1 25 Another object. isltogenable, the jointsbe- .tween: each pair-10f end posts and the rails to be simultaneously and uniformly ftightened by means of a single wi're'throughthe medium 3 ofasaddle piece over, which the wire is adapted to render :duringthe tightening operattion." Y *Afurther object is to provide each wire "witha pair of loops, each adapted to receive oneof the end legsnearthe rails and, around which the'loops are adaptedto render. as they are ti'ghtenedfby the drawing together of the saddles," one for each pairof endlegs;

thelongitudinal center of the bed frame and ir psere en aged: with h s. the drawing ,c'ifjthe saddles toward each other will fe ause a corresponding" tightening of the wire loopstoward the center. of the bed frame to .efiect the simultaneoustightening of thelegs well as, againsttheadjacent endsvof the end rails" n v v .Oth nobjeetsaandrehtingtdsnecifi between the end rails thereof'so that whenthe parts of thebed staywill bebroughtvout in the following description.

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- Figural is an inverted plan of a portion of a bed frameincludingthe corner posts, side rails and end rails together with my improved joint tightening device inoperative engagement, with the posts near their junctlons with the rails.

a q Figure 2f'issanlenlarged longitudinal sec ,t-ional view, partly broken .away, taken in the plane of line 2-2, Figure 1, the outerends .ofthe wire loops being broken away. 7

i F igu re 32is an enlarged transverse vertical sectlonalview taken in the plane of line 33,

Figure 1, showingtwo of the Wireloops of i one of the tightening wires, partly broken away, but in operative engagement with one of-the saddles. i i f i V Figure 4 is aperspective view on a reduced scale of one corner of the bed frame, showing one of the Wire loops in operative position the end rails 0-in which the side and furniture. V v

As illustrated,,the tightening device or bed stay comprises a rod- 1+ upon which is i mounted a pair of'similar but reversely ar- Another objectis to arrange the saddles in ranged Saddles relatlv? lengthwlse movement thereon together with separate pairs of wire loops 3-, one pair for each of the saddles 2 and each pair adapted to impress two of the corner posts --a, as shown in Figure 1 l The loops 3 ofeach pair are-preferably :made ofa singlepiece of'wire having its v H V V opposite ends connected by links 4 to against the ad acent endsiof the side ralls as opposite ends of the corresponding saddle 2'and its central portion'slidably enwith one of the cornerv posts directly below I ,the'rails.;- 1' V V I Figure 5 is'afaceview of a'modiiied form of wire-tightening device The tightening device may be used in 0011- snection with any'furniture frame having the fusual corner legs va side rails band embrace the corresponding pair of end legs 0 The saddles 2 are preferably crescentshaped 1n plan and arranged with their convexsidesiacingeachotherortheconcave sides facing the ends of the bed when the tightening device is adjusted for use.

The saddles 2 are provided with apertures 5 therethrough midway between their ends and in axial alinement witheach other for receiving the supporting rod '-1-, as shown more clearly in Figure 2.

The inner convex sides of the saddles are provided with parallel longitudinal grooves 6 in places above and below the central openings -5- and 5 for receiving the intermediate portions of the wires forming the separate pairs of loops 8 and holding said wires against vertical displacement from the saddles but at the same time permitting the adjacent portions of the wires to slide endwise on the saddles to compensate for varying tensions on the opposite sides of each loop. I

One of the apertures as -5 in the corresponding saddle 2 is of smooth bore to permit said saddle to slide endwise thereon or rather to permitthe rod 1 to slide endwise therethrough when assembling the various parts of the tightening device.

The aperture 5 in the other saddle is preferably threaded to engage the adjacent threaded. end 1 of the rod 1. The other end of the rod 1 extends through and some distance beyond the saddle 2 having the smooth bore 5 and terminates in a handle 7 by which it may be turned.

A collar 8 is adjustable lengthwise of and upon the rod 1 to compensate for beds of different sizes and is held in its adjusted position by a set screw 9 engaging one or the other of a series of notches 9 in the periphery of the rod as shown in Fig. 2. This collar 8 engages the outer face of the adjacent saddle 2 when the rod 1 is rotated by hand to tighten the loops 3 upon their respective posts a. In the wire-tightening device shown in Figure 5 both of the saddles are provided with threaded central apertures, one being a right hand thread and the other a left hand thread for receiving and engaging correspondingly threaded end of a' connecting rod 20 having its intermediate portion provided with a handle 21 by which it'may be turned in opposite directions to move the saddles toward and from each other.

Operation The wire loops of each pair may be preatta'ched to their respective saddles before applying the same to the posts in which case the loops could be placed from the underside of the legs upwardly around the same into close proximity to the underside of the adjacent portions of the rails b-- and -c after which both saddles will be drawn toward each other by the tightening of the screw rod 1 to place the loops under the desired tension.

0r,thecentralportionsofthewireforming each pair of loops might be engaged in one of the grooves 6- of the corresponding saddle 2 and the ends of the wire would be drawn around two of the corresponding posts close to the adjacent portions of the railsband -c-- and returned to the corresponding ends of the saddle and attached thereto by the coupling members Ae,-it being understood that the ends of each saddle are provided with apertures 10 for receivingthe adjacent coupling members as shown more clearly in Figures 2 and 3.

The saddles -2 are relatively short as compared with the width of the bed frame while the rod l is relatively short as compared with the length of the frame so that when the tightening device is placed in operative position for stiffening the frame of a bed or analogous piece of furniture the rod 1 will extend along the longitudinal center and substantially midway between the ends of the bed frame and, therefore, the saddles -2 will be located substantially midway between the sid'es and ends of the frame.

It, therefore, follows that when the loops 3 are engaged with the legs of the frame those of each pair will convergeinwardly to theends of the corresponding saddle so that when tightened by a proper adjustment of the screw rod 1 the resultant pull of the loops upon the posts will be toward the center of the frame thereby drawing each leg againstthe adjacent ends of the rails -b and 0 in one operation.

That is, the effect of tensioning the loops 3 will be to draw the legs toward the center of the frame and thereby to stiffen all four joints between the legs and rails in one and the same tightening operation. 7

It will be noted that during this tensioning of the loops 3 the loops are free to slide around their corresponding legs to compensate for unequal tension on opposite sides thereof and at the same time the intermediate portions of each wire from which the loops of each pair-are formed is free to slide upon its corresponding saddle -2 to additionally compensate forvarying tensions upon opposite sides of each loop.

What I claim-is: V

1. The combination with a piece of furniture having four legs, of a stay comprising a pair of saddles, means for adjusting the saddles toward each other and forholding them in their adjusted positions, and a pair of stay-wires one for each saddle, each stay wire being continuous from end to end and having its ends attached to opposite ends of its corresponding saddle and its central portion slidably engaged with its saddle and its re maining portion bent into loops diverging from the opposite ends of the ad acent saddle and embracing two of the legs to exert inward stress upon said legs alongthe inwardly converging lines of the loops when tightened,

said loops being free to open and close to conform to legs of diflerent sizes.

2. In a device for tighting the joints between the legs and frame of a piece of furniture, a crescent shaped saddle having its concave side and points facing two of the legs, and a one-piece Wire having its ends attached to said points and its central portion slidable lengthwise of and upon the convex side of the saddle and its remaining portions constituting loops divergent from the ends 

